Conservative Party Exists Already

Current debates around the need for a socially
and fiscally conservative Party, that would be able to work
with National in any future Government, seem to want to
ignore the fact that such a party already exists.

The
Conservative Party has campaigned hard on issues like
personal responsibility, the importance of the family unit
in a healthy society, and valuing the trades.

We recognise
that children deserve to live in a stable loving home and
that schools are the best government department for reducing
crime.

We are the only party that has said that offenders
should work for their freedom and that their release should
be conditional on them engaging in both work and
education.

We are the only party that has said instead of
sending billions of dollars offshore on dubious carbon
credits, we should invest those funds in New Zealand
research and development and then export our “pollution
solutions” to the world. This would have a far greater
positive impact on our environment as well as provide great
opportunities for creative Kiwis.

And yes we are the party
that says legalising the killing of Kiwis and normalising
suicide is not in the best long term interests of our
nation.

This last election has also shown that we are the
only Party that recognises that New Zealand citizens should
be able to veto government policies through Binding
Referenda.

So the Party exists, the question is just
whether or not our policies will get any attention in the
media.Ends

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